# Lottery win - Where would you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077 "2012-03-28T19:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/61 "2012-03-29T19:47:01Z")
I wouldn’t want to uproot the kids from their social circles and schools, but I’m also pretty tired of only having one bathroom. I think I’d want to move to the slightly more affluent neighborhood next to ours, where we could get a bit more house but the kids could still go to the same schools. I love the idea of renovating an older home - especially with a virtually unlimited budget. However, our summer vacations would be most excellent. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/62 "2012-03-29T22:00:57Z")
One home in Oahu, one home in San Francisco, and one home in Paris. I’d move from place to place as the mood took me. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/63 "2012-03-29T23:34:21Z")
Right across the street from my ex. This way I can be near the kids, and moon the ex every morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/64 "2012-03-30T01:48:29Z")
I’d try to get into a government-subsidised housing estate… to do otherwise would make all my Scottish ancestors cry… ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/65 "2012-03-30T01:53:53Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > [http://www.silohome.com/](http://www.silohome.com/) I came to say exactly that, although I’d keep a place here where I live now because, frankly, I like it here. But I’d definitely buy a refurbed silo for those occasions when I simply needed to get away from everybody and everything, and perhaps needed some security besides. Which, according to lottery winner history, is most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/66 "2012-03-30T02:55:30Z")
I’d want to summer in Minneapolis and winter anywhere but Minneapolis. Maybe that would change every year. Who knows. But I would maintain a home where I am now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/67 "2012-03-30T03:14:30Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > One home in Oahu, one home in San Francisco, and one home in Paris. I’d move from place to place as the mood took me. Damnit. Please tell me you didn’t actually buy a Mega Millions ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/68 "2012-03-30T03:48:07Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Chapel Hill, NC would be nice, with the mountains at one end of the state and the ocean at the other. Not only is it a university town, it has a lot of “writers-in-residence.” Imagine the soirees. I live in this area and it is pretty ideal. I can be at the beach in 2 hours or I can be at the mountains in 3 (depending on the beach or the mountains it might take a little longer), there is tons to do here, the weather is nice most of the time, but very humid in the summer. That said, I’d have to visit everywhere else first to make sure I made my main residence in the right place. I can see buying a $200K RV and hitting the road for a few years (including Canada and Mexico). Then I’d need to visit Australia, Europe, most of Asia and a few spots in Africa before choosing where to build the Big House and what my satellite locations would be. We have no children and after our parents pass on, there won’t be anything holding us here if we want to leave. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/69 "2012-03-30T03:57:08Z")
I always thought it would be fun to buy out a whole city block or couple of blocks, fully furnished, and then just live in the different houses I owned as it suited my whims. I’d also pay a bunch of live-in help for most/all of the houses to keep them up, secure, etc. Wouldn’t that be fun? Or am I just insane \>\_\< ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/70 "2012-03-30T04:52:30Z")
I’d take time and travel/check out as many places as I can and then pick two or three of locations to have homes. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/71 "2012-03-30T05:07:26Z")
How about a nice big yacht with crew? When I tire of an area just set sail for elsewhere. Oh, and a helicopter, of course. An awful lot of everything I ever wanted to see is within a helicopter flight of a coastline. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/72 "2012-03-30T05:22:27Z")
^ Aren’t pirates out there? I’ve sailed out in the ocean quiet a few times; for sailing those death defying moments are what makes you get hooked but then not the moments when you encounter Uzis… and I hate having guns around but you need them if you are out on the high seas. With all that money, “safety first” would take higher priority for me and less of dare devil acts… I would think. But I guess that all depends on how much win we are taking about here as boats and crews are not cheap. 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/73 "2012-03-30T07:56:44Z")
There’s no rush for me, because first I would build something nice for myself with room for visiting family and space to store all our stuff. I would pay off my mother’s house, finish needed repairs and new carpet, add a security system and let her decide if she wants to keep it or sell. Then I’d take my partner and wander the world for awhile. I don’t know where my second home would be yet… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/74 "2012-03-30T17:50:02Z")
Back to NYC. I lived there for 25 years, and miss it a lot. New York is a great place to live, if you’re young or rich. I lived there young, now I want to live there rich. A downtown loft would be nice, or an entire brownstone. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/75 "2012-03-30T19:49:42Z")
It looks like Lord British’s house outside of Austin is still on the market. [http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr\_Austin\_TX\_78730\_M80342-14958](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr_Austin_TX_78730_M80342-14958) Listing does not appear to include the secret passageways and such. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/76 "2012-04-02T13:47:08Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > It looks like Lord British’s house outside of Austin is still on the market. > > [http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr\_Austin\_TX\_78730\_M80342-14958](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr_Austin_TX_78730_M80342-14958) > > Listing does not appear to include the secret passageways and such. For $4M, I’d want more than three bedrooms. What a dump. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/78 "2012-04-02T13:59:39Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > It looks like Lord British’s house outside of Austin is still on the market. > > [http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr\_Austin\_TX\_78730\_M80342-14958](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8207-Two-Coves-Dr_Austin_TX_78730_M80342-14958) > > Listing does not appear to include the secret passageways and such. Inc ase others have trouble with that link, this one worked for me: [Austin Home Search | Austin Real Estate | Austin Homes for Sale](http://www.realtyaustin.com/idx/homes/texas/austin/78730/8207-two-coves-dr/6720025.html) There’s a lot to like about that place, but I really couldn’t stand all that yellow wood. Blech! And they seriously couldn’t find any way to make the water slide look nicer? I mean, great idea, wonderful fun, but white industrial fiber glass with open seaming? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/79 "2012-04-02T14:47:48Z")
Something on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, overlooking NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/80 "2012-04-02T15:11:14Z")
A nice log home in eastern TN or western NC for permanent residence. Also a small vacation getaway somewhere tropical, possibly Costa Rica. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/81 "2012-04-02T16:40:28Z")
One of the Princes’ Islands off the coast of Istanbul. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077.md?page=5)